Internship

Question 1

What’s the advantage of monofilament compared to braided suture ?

Answer 1

Doesn’t let bacteria going inside

Question 2

Name a monofilament

Answer 2

Nylon

Question 3

Name a braided suture

Answer 3

Vicryl

Question 4

What is cold lameness for ?

Answer 4

Pain in joint, arthroses

Question 5

What is warm lameness for ?

Answer 5

Muscular pain, ligaments

Question 6

What’s «bruit de galop» in cats ?

Answer 6

Pathognomonic for hypertension

Question 7

Hypertension in cat, primary or secondary ?

Answer 7

Mainly secondary to renal insufficiency or hyperthyroidism

Question 8

What’s more common between a tumor or infection of the prostate ?

Answer 8

Infection

Question 9

What’s v-lipase ?

Answer 9

Dif from the simple lipase, typical of pancreas and not influenced by other parameters (used for pancreatitis)

Question 10

Possible solutions for renal pb ?

Answer 10

Mainly perfusion (48h hospit or subcutaneous several times)

Question 11

Treatment for pancreatitis ?

Answer 11

Usually we treat the symptoms because the cause is uncertain

Question 12

What’s Malassezia ?

Answer 12

Fungi from ears (dog)

Question 13

Value of glucose for a diabetic cat

Answer 13

Around 3g (2-2,2g can be due to stress)

Question 14

When, where and how do we find chigger/redbug/aoutat ?

Answer 14

Start in august, found in autumn
Between fingers and armpit
Orange dots

Question 15

Impact of hyperthyroidism on behavior

Answer 15

Can become aggressive

Question 16

Eczema treatment

Answer 16

Corticoid or apoquel (more expensive)

Question 17

Stress treatment

Answer 17

Anxiolytic or pheromones

Question 18

Zylkène

Answer 18

Anxiolytic, no risk of overdose, milk taste

Question 19

Dialysis on pets

Answer 19

can’t do it, equivalent is liquid in abdomen for hours then take it out but too painful

Question 20

Antibio for rabbits (and rodent in general)

Answer 20

Doxycycline and marbofloxacin

Question 21

Prevomax

Answer 21

Anti-vomiting

Question 22

Effect of Frontline on rabbit ?

Answer 22

Can KILL it

Question 23

Redbug (aoutat) treatment

Answer 23

Stronghold, Frontline spray

Question 24

Which anti-flee, anti-tics treatment we never give to cats ?

Answer 24

Adventix (NEVER !!!)

Question 25

Possible treatments for glaucoma

Answer 25

Cosopt (dorzolamide, timolol), Xalatan (latanopros = prostaglandine analogue)

Question 26

Types of cardiac problem

Answer 26

Intra and extracardiac

Question 27

What do you check in case of cardiac murmur ?

Answer 27

First check kidneys and thyroid (for hypertension), then look for an intracardiac cause

Question 28

At a cardiac level, what can a young cat have ?

Answer 28

Juvenile murmur

Question 29

What’s a thrombo-emboli in cats ?

Answer 29

Atrium is dilated -> thrombus formation that will go through the aorta until iliac arteries -> paralysis

Question 30

Anesthesia in rabbits

Answer 30

Don’t throw up, very fragile, no need to fast, usually done with volatile gas

Question 31

What part do you use to do a hormonal test ?

Answer 31

Serum

Question 32

What can we do when we have big areas of skin to change ?

Answer 32

Put perf s.c with NaCl to expand the skin, then transplant the extra skin

Question 33

What’s the average hydratation with a perf

Answer 33

50mL/kg/24h
increase if renal pb
don’t increase if cardiac pb

Question 34

How can a treated corneal ulcer can evolve ?

Answer 34

Will either close or stay open

Question 35

What’s a keratotomy punctuated ?

Answer 35

With a needle, make tiny holes on the cornea to help an ulcer to close